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SAMPLE PAGE KS3 MATHEMATICS | ||||||||||||
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Problems
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A man earns £7.50 an hour. What are his wages when he works 40 hours of which 5 hours are overtime at 'time and a half'? | ||||||||||||
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A train travels 120 km from London to Southampton. If it leaves London at 10.00 am and arrives at Southampton at 11.20 am, find the average speed of the train. | ||||||||||||
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In a box of 200 eggs, 20% were broken. How many eggs were broken? | ||||||||||||
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Three sacks of potatoes weigh 250 g. What is the weight of fifteen sacks? | ||||||||||||
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A man buys a car for £5000. In each year it loses 25% of its value at the beginning of the year. How much is the car worth after 2 years? | ||||||||||||
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Ann makes raspberry ice cream using the following recipe wich makes enough ice cream for 4 people. What quantities will she need to make enough for 8 people? | ||||||||||||
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A shop sells coffee in jars of different sizes. Jar A contains 100 g of coffee
and costs £1.76 What is the cost of 25 g of
coffee in Jar A? |
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A ship sails 40
nautical miles north and then 30 miles east. How far is it from its starting point? (Answer to the nearest mile.) |
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A line AB measures
10 cm. It it is divided so that AP:PB = 2:3. What is the length of AP? |
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A radio costs £58.75 including VAT at 17.5%. How much is the VAT? | ||||||||||||
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| Mathematics.
Problem solving involving arithmetic, algebra and geometry. From Master File Mathematics, Key Stage 3 for 11-14 year olds. |